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Principal Industrial Designer
Lustrum Labs
Nashville, TN
2017 - Present (6 years)
Product design & engineering beginning with a human centered design approach, Prototyping high fidelity functional models, Market exploration & research, Packaging design, POP/POS display design, and Creation of marketing materials.
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Senior Industrial Designer - Research & Development - Remote Contract
Buddeez Inc
Wentzville, MO
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Product, packaging, display, and pallet display designer for Family owned Home & Housewares Company based in St. Louis. Working remotely I was charged with discovering consumer needs and developing product solutions and enhancements to current product lines. Traveled overseas to source turn key products to increase SKU count for improved product placement with retailers.
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Senior Industrial Designer - Research & Development - Remote Contract
Teeter Hang Ups
Puyallup, WA
2014 - 2015 (1 year)
Translated consumer insights and research to designed, engineer, and develop color options for Inversion Tables, Fitness Products, Neck & Back Relaxation Devices alongside the VP of Product Development. Overseas Travel - QC Alignment, Sourcing, Vendor Alignment and Qualification. Conducted consumer research, vendor audits, retailer reviews.
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Senior Industrial Designer - Research & Development
MARS Inc
Nashville, TN
2010 - 2014 (4 years)
Translated consumer insights into new products & packaging solutions. Supported eight packaging engineers across various packaging structures. Supported new product launches with digital collateral. Identified white space opportunities for new growth for our brands; Pedigree, Whiskas, Cesar, & Greenies. Constructed low and high fidelity physical prototypes as well as digital mock-ups. Managed 3 in-house prototyping machines.
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Senior Industrial Designer - P.O.P. Design
AMD Industries
Cicero, IL
2007 - 2009 (2 years)
Designed permanent POP displays for large retailers constructed from metal, wood, plastics. Added differing levels of interaction in terms of audio/visual features. Considering product life cycle and transitions from freestanding display, to end-cap, to in-line In-Line.
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Industrial Designer - P.O.P Displays
Wirestone Motorola
Chicago IL, United States
2006 - 2007 (1 year)
Designed low cost (<$19.95 Retail) POP Displays for Motorola's wireless handset division. One week to design & build 3D CAD models, define CMF, and provide technical drawings to manufacturers in Israel and China. They had 2 weeks to produce and return functional prototypes to us in Chicago for internal design reviews.
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Industrial Designer - Research & Development
PACTIV
Lake Forest, IL
2004 - 2006 (2 years)
Designed packaging solutions based on consumer research. Ethnographics, Qualitative, and Quantitative. Clients; Wendy's, MCDonald's, Noodles &Co., Panda Express, and HEFTY. Leveraged my Design Thinking experience to understand usage scenarios and develop valuable solutions that met consumer and business needs. Member of cross functional team.